The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 26, 1900, Page 6

':trumcmnlity engaged in interstate commerce. It ap- | pears that the war revenue act requires it to issue bills of lading to which a one-cent stamp has been affixed, country of the coming invasion by Japanese | duly canceled, but allows it to make a contract with coolies we declared the time to be favorable | the shipper whereby the latter shall pay for the stamp. n of our treatics with that empire, in | Suppose California shippers decline to pay for the ion of this undesirable class | stamps, ‘but insist upon their packages being carried jand the issuance to them of legal—that is to say, Tokio confirms the correct- | stamped—bills of lading JAPAN AROU:ED ] HEN The Call sounded the tocsin to warn this W APRIL 26, 1990 to enable the exclu rket and Third, 8. F. PUBLICATION OFFICE ness of appears that there are two | express company violate the State law and refuse to Teleph ein . Japanese immigration soc which are in hot | convey the packages? We think not. It certainly EDITORIAL 1’;2:1!:!“"-7‘1" '_° ‘?7‘._5"" exportation ir countrymen. '1'ng | cannot do so without rendering itself liable for dam- - s concluded that the operations of | ages, and in no event without jeopardizing its fran- Peliverss By Caesien R e . are not upright and honorable toward | chise. The sections of the Civil Code quoted above Terms by w:l:;v.:;l;l o::n’x'"rut wes men they export. They proceed by spreading | do not conflict with the war revenue act; on the con- — h the cc gl of the easy | trary, they supplement and clarify it. It follows, | therefore, that the shippers of California still possess | the power, notwithstanding the ruling of White in the case under consideration, to compel Wells, Fargo & Co. to pay its war taxes. -Our Su- preme Court can hardly fail to so decide in the case re it—provided the record has been properly made up. will guarantee to their have secured them and th he utopian privileges prom- gration agency ceases. steerage and landed in They are mostly without control, as unpleasant to irable to us. iment proposes to interiere for g its people from the imposi- on agencies. Under its s; m that Government has the power 1 If it do th m 1115 Brosdway s country to s Ives. = and KROGNE e is oft experienc Wznager Fore z ~ City Attorney Frank K. Lane is emphatically of the opinion that no person or corporation shall be ai- lowed to place obstructions on public sidewalks or streets. The City Attorney is significantly silent in reference to that public thoroughfare known as Sulli- van alley, which has been open for many years, but esence (Long Distance Telephone “‘Central 2613, 1e Japane € purpose o NEW YORK CORKESPONDENT: tions of these NEW YORK HEPRESENTATIVE: tem of pz forbid emig ter: of course the The question is, can the | Justice | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, STEPHEN B. SMITH.. ..30 Tribune Building ration enti it it oc will be gone, and such | which has now been seized as private property. Con- | B St I would be very agreea to | ditions sometimes make fine distinctions in the law. Fremont House, Auditorium Hotel. R .- nt is proud of the as-' A DEMAND FOR IMPROVE MENTS. - periority s people over the Chinese, a: 3 g it i, will resent a Japanese exclusion act which MONG the improvement clubs which of late /E\ have been so instrumental in adva welfare of the city and promoting a sy enterprise and progress among the people none has been more earnest nor more efficient than tho resenting the Mission, for the clubs of that section have united themselves as a federation and are t able to work more successfully than they could have done otherwise. At a recent meeting the federation adopted resolu- tions declaring the immigration of Japanese to be a menace to the welfare of our producing urging our Senators and Representatives in Congress to immediately take steps to procure the passage of an act excluding Japanese and all Asiatic people from our shores. In addition to those resolutions on an issue affecting the country at large the federation adopted others relating to municipal i making a strong presentation of the in o | larger provision in the appropriations of the coming | year for city improvements The latter resolution merits reproduction in full. It declares: “That this federation urge t‘w- Mer- chants’ Association to co-operate with these improve- . | ment clubs to induce the Board of Supervisors to increase the appropriation for general improvements to at least $300,000. We believe that this amount can be obtained by curtailing the proposed expenc of several of the municipal departments. We furt | believe that the Auditor has been too liberal to the taxeaters and has shown too little regard for the tax- and the needs and welfare of the city, 1s to improvements,” to treat the d Chinese in the same responde Mcntgomery, ecyner of Clay, opet BRANCH OFFICES— 27 x 839 9:30 o'clock. 300 Hayes. open until 9:30 o'cls 1 9:39 o clock jom, open uaMl 10 o'clock , open umtl 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh, ope: -second and K €15 Larkin, open until 2261 growing trade w ust not be for more important We im I")'l much more from that In 1858 we exported merchandise, and imported As far as trade goes she han we export to it sses and Mikado the four winds, neces: loesn’t want his subjec i necessary tain !he position he has t our Gover agree: s better for his people to migration will cease. it prove that this course is ineffective, | of the wish of Ja The Ja s own people to consider. panese Governmer t THE CASE OF QUAY. ir people, and should nc if that be the sp t upon tele will be interest- the monopoly payers es- a local law com pecial in-the-slot m a tax The resolution is based upon objections vmdc to certain features of the estimates recent by Auditor Wells, it bding the opinion of the fede tion that the appropriations proposed for Health an Police departments and the Board Works, for ies, operating enses, etc., are too large. There will of course be differences of opinion on details of that kind, but it is gratifying to have an to he te q,v one "’H‘Hpn]\ possesses 1 us scruples the e concerned sol pose of cheating the ] Collector. of e 2 decision of the United States Suprems | earnest and representative body of taxpayers and urt in the case of the American Express | citizens generally taking a public-spirited interest in % Company vs. Maynard. Attorney General of | municipal affairs and giving a large portion of their t re us, does an, the text oi which is now by time and their thoughts to considerations.of muni- i | | | | i not The Call znticipated, settle the war revenue | ¢ipal issues. The larger part of the bad or wasteful | x tax controversy with Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Express | features of administration in American cities is due | Company in this State. Justice White, who wrote | (5 the indifference of the citizens to public business. the opinion of the court, has considered the ques- | When people neglect to look after their .interests it is inevitable that losses will result. Our improve- | ment clubs have done much to improve in many ways the localities in which they operate, 1 doe from one standpoint only, namely, 1898 forbid express companie tion war revenue act of with shippers whereby the burd king contracts but their chiei % S e the stamp tax on bills of lading may be shiited? | value has been that of awake: ing the people to an i o In other w » does that statute arbitrarily require | jntefligent study of municipal administration. The | . ? Shanmes Of « hose corporations to 1 the tax and cut off the | o fevy and the appropriations for the comi g year tly justified by any r~;_rh[ of shippers to negotiate upon the subject? are matters of grave importance to all, and the Mis- PR as by Sena- | Notwithstanding Justices Harlan and McKenna | Gon Federation has done well in beginning at once to opinion the act imposes upon carriers of express packages the duty not only of affixing to bills of lading at their own | expense the required stamp—thus providing shippers ry, dissented on the ground that in the sound an: bring them up for general discussion. on and killed The farmers of the Mississippi River States are forming a gigantic trust that in the character of its very organization dooms it to failure. All politics is barred in it. be used as | with a receipt which may, if much authority The nece: A TAX-SHIRKING DODGE effort i vidence—there is or holding broad basis of his an to be le to en tice White has held company to evade the pay- | ent is that the Government in the war revenue RHILWAY POSTAL RATES. due under the ordinance t has not concerned itseli with the identity of the N % 4 : ‘ g z e HEN the postoffice ap, appmprmlmn bill was be- 1 a f §2 a quarter upon all nickel-in-the- | person who pays the tax. The purpose of the law Z 4 3 | fore the House on Monday there followed the 3 nes operated for gain in the city. It is now ! is satisfied when the money is collected, and no ar- fisuat- dinnissioh: uner e thod. 'of 1 1 1 1 discussion proper metho the tax is invalid so far as the telephone | tempt has been made to cut off the right of taxpay- P PEOF 2 o s, limiting the expenses of the depa aking adjust among themselves the burden of the . # REziiient and maling chines are to be | It is a fact, as the learned jurist sa that { taxes are paid-by the users rather than the owners ! of property. Thus landlords add taxes to their rent, lessors to the amounts demanded for their leases, res and farmers because it does not in the ne slot m; comy erned, to el seli-sustaining. One member proposed that'the pneumatic service should be cut off, and another ad- vised that no further extensions be made in the way of ; rural mail deliverics. Several other suggestions ef that form of economy were advanced, and then Congress- title spe that teleplic subject to it vided in the charter: ut one su “An ordinance shall subject shall be ex- | i any subject be embraced in an expressed its title, as to so much thereof as is merchants to the prices of their tea the value of their products. So, finding nothing in the war r forbids express companies demanding payment of the stamp tax from shippers, or from increasing their rates to meet the cost of the stamps in case the de- ! mand is. refused, Justice White holds that the burden may be shifted and that either party to the contract ordinance n said ordi | to the exorbitant rates paid to the railways for carry- ing the mails and counseled the practice of economy by reducing the payments to the roads. Mr. Bell is right. The causes of the annual de- ficiency in the Postoffice Department are two. In the first place the abuse of the second class mail privilege is carried to such an extent that the Government venue act which 1ce shall The order fixing license machines is not expressed in i fees for mickel in three sec- nd section being tions, the title of phonographic, tric machines, et “weighing, ortune-telling, punching, lifting, elec " It wiil be seen that nothing is said of telephe kinetoscopes, but it is specified that | of carriage may provide the stamp and cancel it. | : 2 ! electric machines <hall be taxed, and the abbreviation | But whether this is good law or not, it does not | loses annually a large sum of money in carrying mat- ete. is added 1o cover all other siot machines of the | apply to California. Here the provisions of the Civil | ter which ought to be charged full rates; and in the kind Code expressly impose the duty of issuing a legal bill | second place the amounts paid to the railroads are far | in excess of what the service is worth. of lading upon the carriers of express packages, and X _ As was pointed out in the debate, the charge of the hines are nickel-in-the-slot ma- machines They are therefore | such a receipt is certainly one duly stamped. A con- : v y b ilcicntly ibed by the title. Furthermore, zs | sideration of the following sections of the code re- | railways for carrying mails averages cight cents a Supervisor= McCarthy has pointed out-in an inter- | ferred to will make this clear: lpou“fh while the railway charge for express pack- view. “a large part of the back taxes due by the 2168, Every one who offers to the public to carry | 2ges is less than one cent per pound. “Why,” asked | Mr. Bell, “should the Government pay more?” The rates now paid by the Government for carry- ing mail are the same as those paid in 1878, notwith- standing that since that time the average freight ratss accept and carry whatever is offered to him, at a rea- | have declined 35 per cent and passenger rates 1715 sonable time and place, of a kind that he undertakes | per cent. That showing is in itself sufficient to prove or is accustomed to carry. | that the railways are demanding and receiving exces- “2130. A carrier must subscribe and deliver to the | Sive charges from the Government. Soong as such persons, property or messages. excepting only tele- graphic messages, is 2 common carrier of whatever hLe thus offers to carry. 2169. A common carrier must, if able to do so, telephone company under the order accrued before operation, and until the be- r there was no such regula- titles of orders.” | the courts to decide, and the made. Tt will be the duty of lector to collect the back taxes as soon the charter went ir yinning of the prese tion in force re garding the The issue is or be speec the 1 he receives the resolutions of the Supervisors in- | . , ’ it 2 6 B ¢ telephone company has | consignor, on demand, any reasonable number of | Waste is permitted so long will the people have to 1g a time that it will of | bills of lading, of the same tenor, expressing truly the | lack for sérvices which the Postoffice Department cour ke st g g them no original contract of carriage; and if he refuses to do | 5}‘0“1‘1 give. There ought to be a pneumatic tube service in al! | s0, the consignor may take the freight from him, and | recover from him besides all damages thereby occa- | large cities and a free delivery system in all thickly t behooves the officers of the city to & te .in cnforcing the saodk law. We shall of course | e 1 further threats from the telephone company “to | sioned.” | settled country districts. There should be also a put it in the bill,” but that is another issue—one !hat Perhaps the statutes of Michigan do not contain | cheap parcels post and a system of postal savings S e e with only when the municipal au- pro ns similar to these. 17 they do, they were not | banks. Those services are rendered by the postoffices thorities are given power to regulate the charges of | | cited in the case of the American Express Company | | of countries whose people are by no means so ener- .getin so enterprising or so progressive as our own, Wells, Fargo & Co. does business in this State by | and it is absurd that we should lack them. So long, | virtue of a local franchise, although incorporated un- | however, as the raiiroads are permitted to exact from The fight of the independent tobacco producers in | der the laws of Colorado. The corporation is bound | the Government outrageous charges for services, so this State against the trust seems to have reached the | to obey the laws of this commonwealth wherc they dp | long must we lag behind other nations in postoffice expected result. It has gone up in smoke. | met conflict with the rights accorded to it as an in- | development. telephone corporations in the same manner as others | and, therefore, were not considered hy Justice White. controlling and operating public u | | Mayor of Santa Barbara, is at the G 1900, @+ eoee B D D A A e e S S e BIGGEST GUN IN AMERICA ALMOST COMPLETED. its kind in America. erful defenses there. R e S o T I R S S SRS DU S S I S . A | This big slx!ep‘ nch gun will be completed in a few days at the armory at Watervl The intention is to mount this majestic piece of ordnance at Sandy Without the carriage it welghs 12 tons. 1¢00 pounds of powder to start it on its flight. twenty miles, and to attain the maximum range the projectile must rise to a height of nearly five mil The projectile it uses weighs 2370 pounds, Every time the gun is fired it costs $5& ggest zun of . to form a part of th: pow- and it r-quires The gun has a range of mors than R R R e e R R S R e ol S N R e R = D340 000005030i060000e00i0beiebeieistededeieie 0—0‘- oot ereoe® ' RACETRACK GAMBLING NOT TO BE TOLERATED Postmaster Montague Warns All the Employes Against Betting on the Horses. HE evil of racetrack zambling which has extended its cancerous roots into every department of human activity has been recognized by the Federal authorities as menacing many important branches of the Government by the corruption of Government employes. So marked has been the the racetrack vice in this city that Postmaster Montague has been impelied by his sense of duty to the people and by the responsibility that he assumed when he took the oath of office to notify all persons employed in the San Francisco Postoffice that they gambling under penalty of discharge. must hold themselves aloof from the maelstrom of turf His language is unmistakable, and the following cirtular which he issued to the employes of the San Francisco Postoffice last Tuesday needs no explanation: NOTICE TO EMPLOYES. The attention of the Postmaster has been directed to the fact that a number of employes in this service are frequent visitors at the race track for the purpose of gambling. Believing the practice to be a most pernicious one, and having in view the ruin and disgrace which have come to so many men from indul- gence in this vice, he takes this occasion to solemnly warn and admon- ish the clerks and carriers of this service. It is a fair presumption, supported by abundant evidence, that the man who gambles is not a safe person to be intrusted with hand- ling the mail or property of others. The Postmaster believes the de- partment will take this view of the subject, and he now gives notice that he will promptly report to the First Assistant Postmaster General the names of all employes who continue to play the races or to visit gambling resorts, with a recommendation that they be peremptorily re- moved from the service as unfit for the responsibilities of public office. W. W. MONTAGUE, Postmaster. \PERSOIVAL MEN TION. ]A"m TO CORRESPONDENTS. | A. B. Carlock, a banker of Fort Jones, is | e at the Grand Dr. F. Westley Carpenter of Knizats Landing is at the Grand. J. E. Manlove, a bonanza rancher of |clal Company. | Sacramento, is at the Grand. Henry G. Turner, a merchant of Mo-| desto, is at the Grand with his family C. A. Stork, a leading attorney and ‘W. Thompson, agent for Santa lina Island, is again in the city, located | at §21 Market street. | Henry C. Dibble leaves the city this evening to attend the Republican ngue | burg and Mrs. | Convention at Los Angeles. F. W. Meier, who managed a big <ugar plantation on the island of Kauai for many vears, is a guest at the Occidental. He arrived on the Australia. Senator J. S. McCandless of Honolulu, who made a large fortune in the islands | bering artesian wells to Irrigate sugar plantations, is a guest at the Occidental G. Kunst of Honolulu, who owns the famous Robert Louis Stevenson placa at Apia, Samoa, is a guest at the Palace. In his party are Willlam Voigt ¢f H Burow and Miss Bartley of Samoa. H. Renjes, firm of F. A. Schaefer & C'o. of Honolulu, but now retired with a big fortune, is at the Occidental with his wife, who tormerly Miss Coney, a Hawailan b They are on their way to Germany, where they expect to make their future home. Armstrong Smith of Honolulu, formerly’ a teacher in Kamehameha School, who was superintendent of the plague hos- | pital during the recent scare in Honolulu, is at the Occidental. Regently he was presented with a purse of $000 by the | { man Bell of Colorado directed attention once more | business men of the islands and is now on his way East to take a course in medi cine. —_—e—————— Impersonated an Officer. Frank Kelly, the plumber who imper- sonzted a poll tax collector Sunday morn- | ing and endeavored to collect money from Japanese at a boarding house, 521 Jessie street, was sentenced )esterdny by Judge Conlan to three months’ imprisonment in the County Jall. ADVERTISEMENTS. Weary Women, The social and domestic demands that are made upon the women of to-day are to blame for a great deal oi the trouble called female weakness. The constant strain upon the nerve forces weakens the vital powers, and head- aches, neuralgia, indigestion, constipa- tion, impure blood and liver and kid- ney troubles all aggravate the special weakness that fills thousands of homes with delicate mothers, wives and daugh- ters. Weak and nervous women can be elieved and made well and strong, full f}i vital energy and attractive sweetness, if they will take Dr. Miles’ Nervine. “For fourteen years 1 was troubled with female weakness and nervous- ness, dizzy and sinking spells, and was confined to_my bed more than one-half the time. The doctors all told me that 1 could not Iive long; but the second day after I an taking Dr. Miles Nervine T coulgeat well and could sleep all night without waking, and when I had used six bottles I was cured. “LOUISA O’NEAL, Ripley, IIL"” Dr. Miles' Nervine is sold at all druggists on a positive guarantee. Write for free advice and booklet to Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. formerly a member of the | | DEWEY DAY—€. W. ¢ nd many others. gal holiday. _ CAPE NOME—-L. H. A., City. For in- formation about the laws at Cape Nome you should apply to the Alaska Commer- 0., Hilton, Cal., Dewey day s not a THE LOW: FST TIDE—] ., City. The lowest tide during April, 19, at Mission- street wharf will be on the 30th, at 6:41 a. m. GIVEN PREFERF Z land, Cal. In all branches of the United States Government service veterans of the war are given preference, providing, of course, that. they are equal to the fask they are called upon to perform. PREMIUMS ON COINS—G. W. 8., Sac- ramento. There is a premium of from 19| to 15 cents on Columbian halves of 1882, | but none on those fssued in 1503. Spanish coins of the value of one-half, one, two, | four and eight reale coins, even though dat A three-cent piece | mands a premium o er-nickel cent mand a premiu THE SELLING minster, Cal. A 1843 has a of from $7 purchase ! 55 | NATIONAL SALUTE-Subscrf 3 | Twenty-one guns is not the national lpte of the United States. one gun for each BState of PRIC | Twenty-one guns is a Pre~|~—mla1 | HALE—Oaklander, Cal. which was in common use eenth cent place. Hale is a v the e ry, but after that haul Hale is used to expre: ¢ by means of drawing, pushi to push a person, to m Lately is has come i MALE AND FEMALE-N. J, City Prior to the adoption of the present ¢ | stitutien of California there was an dinance of the Board of Supervisors of San Franeisco which prohibited females | from being in liquor saloons, and under | that ordinance it was held that no woman could engage in the liquor business and attend to it In person. This was abro- ated by the new constitution, which . 3 0 gersn'l shall, on account of sex be disqualified from entering upon or pur- suing any lawful busin vocation or | profession.” While the law cannot pre- | vent a woman from engaging in the retail | liquor business and tending to it in per | son, women can be proaibited from v ing liquor aalouns as patrons. NATU: RAIJZAT]O.\ 2 City. An | allen who has made a declaration to be- | come a citizen of the United States is not | required to appear before the same court | In order to obtain his final ;)apers. It is flicient for him to establish to the satis- :?‘mnn of the court in which he makes | application for final Yh«.l he resided con United States at least five years and 'nmn the State or Territory where the court im which he ap- lies for the final papers ome year at enst‘ is a mln of good moral character | tac! to_the Irlnciplu ot the | con!lllu!lou o the United States. Cal. glace fruit 50c per I at Townsend's.* Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. Last week of Spring Exhibition. Last concert Thursday evening. —_—— Special information supplied daily t3 business houses and public men_ by tha | Press Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 510 Ha!:!- | gomery street. Telephone Main 1042 In the Divorce Court. Elise Hersinger has been granted a &i- vorce from Emile Hersinger on the ground of cruelty. Suits for divorce have been | filed by Mary Adelia Harris against L. J. Harris for desertion and Annie Larios | against Ignatius Larios for cruelty. —————— | AN danger of arinking impure water ia | avelded by adding 20 drops of Dr. Stegert's An- gostura Bitters. | .+fl LOOK OUT FOR OUR SPECIAL MAY DAY EDITION, OUT SUNDAY, APRIL 29, QUEEN OF One of San Francisco's Most Charming Society Belles. Do You Know Her ? THE HUNT. SILK-WEAVING SPIDER Promises to Rival the Belgian Hare Industry in California. STORY OF THE OAKLAND BRIDGE-TENDER WHO HAS SAVED TEIRTY LIVES, &3eE™ CANDIDATES FOR RIBBONS In the i Beach Sh“COmx‘ng COURAGEOUS WOMEN OF ARIZONA. Read What They Have Done. AnéaPh!dOMNcmymdMngmg e ———————————————— THE SUNDAY CALL LEADS ALL COMPETITORS IN BRIGHTNESS AND ORIGINALITY.